Organizational Behavior - Hardcover

Schermerhorn Jr., John R.; Hunt; Osborn, Richard N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047120367X ISBN 13: 9780471203674

Publisher: Wiley, 2002

Synopsis

The theme of this edition is The High Performance Organization. Ethics and social responsibility, workforce diversity, technology, entrepreneurship, and skill-building are some of the important topics emphasized. Schermerhorn's new edition is intended for the Organizational Behavior course taught at most 2-year and 4-year colleges.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Discusses the foundations of organizational behavior in a flexible, meaningful way. It provides readers with increased awareness of the changing roles of employees through recent technological advances such as utilizing the Internet. This edition features increased emphasis on globalization and includes US, Canadian, and other international case studies and experiential exercises to heighten sensitivity to international market concerns.

From the Back Cover:

In your hands, anything is possible.

In today’s rapidly changing organizations, anything is possible. With the right personal skills and a strong foundation in research and theory, you can shape your future and the future of our society––no matter how challenging things become.

Now revised to address the recent changes in the workplace, Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn’s Organizational Behavior, Ninth Edition sets organizational behavior within a framework of personal and organizational transformation, while retaining its solid base of theory and application.

Prepare yourself for the changing workplace. The Ninth Edition features the theme of organizational behavior in changing times, anchored by a new Chapter 2 that introduces you to current issues in organizational behavior.

Edition after edition, this text has established a reputation for its effective presentation of current theory and research in a student-centered context. The Ninth Edition further strengthens that tradition with new Research Insight boxes in each chapter that summarize relevant cutting-edge research reports.

Changing times offer new insights from real-life change agents. Leaders on Leadership features for every chapter in the Ninth Edition bring you face-to-face with the experiences and perspectives of today’s change leaders––Rudy Giuliani, Carly Fiorina, Earl Graves, and others.

Now is the time for you to build the skills needed for personal and career success in our demanding, changing environment. Revised with new materials from Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, the innovative end-of-text OB Skills Workbook features many enriching learning opportunities from a selection of cases for critical thinking, experiential exercises, and self-assessments.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 047120367X
• ISBN 13: 9780471203674
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 648